Slugging Average : 1984 National League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1984 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dale Murphy .547 (.54695) Atlanta Braves 1
Mike Schmidt .536 (.53598) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Ryne Sandberg .520 (.52044) Chicago Cubs 3
Chili Davis .507 (.50701) San Francisco Giants 4
Leon Durham .505 (.50529) Chicago Cubs 5
Gary Carter .487 (.48658) Montreal Expos 6
Jeffrey Leonard .484 (.48444) San Francisco Giants 7
Darryl Strawberry .467 (.46743) New York Mets 8
Kevin McReynolds .465 (.46476) San Diego Padres 9
Bob Brenly .464 (.46443) San Francisco Giants 10
Lee Lacy .464 (.46414) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Pedro Guerrero .462 (.46168) Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Jose Cruz .462 (.46167) Houston Astros 13
Keith Hernandez .449 (.44909) New York Mets 14
Von Hayes .447 (.44742) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Tony Gwynn .444 (.44389) San Diego Padres 16
George Foster .443 (.44304) New York Mets 17
Juan Samuel .442 (.44223) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Ron Cey .442 (.44158) Chicago Cubs 19
Mike Marshall .438 (.43838) Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Tim Raines .437 (.43730) Montreal Expos 21
Terry Puhl .434 (.43430) Houston Astros 22
Johnny Ray .434 (.43423) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Ozzie Virgil .434 (.43421) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Gary Matthews .428 (.42770) Chicago Cubs 25



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.